Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection and cancer in the highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) era.
Cancer Lett
; 347(1): 38-45, 2014 May 28.
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ABSTRACT
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) changed the natural history of pediatric HIV infection. This review focuses on trends of HIV-associated cancers in childhood in the HAART era and analyses potential pathogenetic mechanisms. HAART reduced AIDS-defined-malignancies (ADM), but incidence of several non-ADM is increasing. HIV-associated immune activation and inflammation, promoting tumorigenesis, can only partially be reduced by HAART. In addition, HIV-infected children may undergo accelerated immune senescence that favors cancer development. How HAART affects this condition is an open question. Lastly, there is no evidence that prenatal exposure to HAART increases the risk of cancer in childhood, but long-term studies are needed.
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Infecções por HIV
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Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade
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Neoplasias
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Child
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Humans
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En
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2014
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